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Sky Christmas are Cotton Headed Ninnymuggins!!!

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    johnny_ultimate
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    podgemonster wrote: »

    I think you have to look at the different ways people enjoy and watch movies during Christmas also. This isn't like the average Wednesday night, where you dime the lights, open a nice Merlot and enjoy a critically acclaimed Silent Ukrainian Film. Usually there is too much going on and too many people around to fully invest watching a movie and at the same time reach common ground with all the family on what DVD to watch (as one will hardly watch it alone, it being Christmas). This is more often then not resolved by just having the television on and enjoying what is being broadcast and I'd imagining looking at viewing figures this is happening in many other homes across the country.

    That's fair, I'll happily admit that communal film viewing has never been a tradition in my family and hence not something I have any attachment to. When we do have family gatherings, we'll throw on Mario Kart, play a board game or equivalent instead - only occasionally will a load of us sit down to watch a movie (bizarrely, I have sat down and watched Spring Breakers and House of the Devil with siblings and cousins in the recent past!). But on those rare occasions when a film is on in the background, it's never more than just that - something in the background, so what it actually is wouldn't bother me too much (in a way, I'd almost prefer it to be something I don't want to watch, as I always prefer to watch a film from beginning to end with no distractions).

    Obviously everybody has different Christmas traditions, but film has never been one of mine, and therefore the negatives of terrestrial TV have always significantly drowned out any theoretical positives. Happy to accept that's a minority opinion.
    I understand your argument but Terrestrial TV will never stop playing movies at Christmas (it's easy programming) but with this sky move the movies they will be showing now have gotten exponentially worse (Santa Clause 2).
    And while the movies being played will have ad breaks and a lower quality picture, I still want what is broadcast to be a quality movie.

    And that's fair enough too. It's a deeply cynical if commercially sensible move by Sky Movies, and as little affection as I hold for many Christmas films they're a damn sight better than the examples listed by RTE in your OP. But then I think TV is just a weak medium for film these days anyways. There's very rarely hidden gems or obscurities, even in graveyard slots. The same bland fare is trotted out again and again, and even good films are repeated to the point of absurdity. Even once specialist channels like Film Four are shadows of their former selves. Better schedules generally, not just at Christmas, would be much welcome might have me tune in more often - but given the amount of alternatives these days, it's not something that bothers me a whole lot.


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